Well let's all climb back in the time machine and jet back to 1984, it's a remake of the old Patrick Swayze flick Red Dawn. This time it stars Chris Hemsworth. Should be noted it opened with a tremendous thud during a big box office holiday weekend.
Red Dawn is the story of a few young kids who join together and form a militia to battle the enemy, after the United States has been invaded and taken over by another country. This time it's North Korea, in conjunction with many other nations that have formed an evil coalition to destroy America. This version has been updated with more modern technology in the story and uses today's international troubles and perceptions to form the backdrop of this new movie.
Interestingly, at the movies start, they have actual news footage of President Obama, Vice-President Biden, and Secretary Of State Clinton talking about the modern day threats to America. So, movie-goers can reasonably deduct that the movie makers are saying that this invasion by modern enemies has taken place during their watch while in power. Although the movie goes no further than that, it is a bit surprising to see. There is no mention of these real life political players after they are seen on screen describing the real threats out there in the real world. And mentioning the enemy by name.
After the North Koreans invade the west coast, our "heroes" band together to fight back and try to take back our nation. There is not an American military for some reason, only these 10 kids with no heavy equipment, or airplanes or any real knowledge of how to fight. And they are up against the full fury of the Korean military, and guess what? They are successful.
This is just a bunch of silliness. Truth be told, there is not one really believable moment in this trash heap. It just looks more silly as the movie trudges on. This I think is supposed to be some kind of "Yeah!!!" movie, but it just doesn't work. At all. Each scene is more silly than the last, and at times becomes amazingly insulting to anyone over the age of say 15. That is probably about the age that would be the cut-off for anyone taking this seriously. The original was mediocre at best, and there was really no reason to dig this up and do it again. But sometimes the temptation is just too large, and the new and creative ideas are just too few and far between.
I guess if you have to take a break from your war video game in the basement and get out of the house to do something different, this may be your movie. But you will not be able to watch this in your underwear like you do in your basement while video-gaming.
Red Dawn - 2012. Please!
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